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What is the smallest linguistic unit that can be combined
with other such units to establish word meanings?
a. allophonic variation
b. speech sound
c. phoneme
d. phonotactic constraint

Which one of the subdivisions of phonetics would examine the
frequency, intensity, and duration of speech sounds?
a. articulatory phonetics
b. acoustic phonetics
c. auditory phonetics

If you were studying how foreign students perceive various
speech sounds of General American English, which branch of phonetics would you
be studying?
a. articulatory phonetics
b. acoustic phonetics
c. auditory phonetics

If you were studying how the production of [s] varies in
General American English versus Spanish, which branch of phonetics would you be
studying?
a. articulatory phonetics
b. acoustic phonetics
c. auditory phonetics

Vowels are defined as having
a. no simultaneous vocal fold vibration under normal
conditions
b. articulatory constriction along the sagittal midline of
the vocal tract
c. relatively unimpeded airstream from the vocal folds to
the lips
d. relatively less acoustic intensity than consonants

Which consonants are considered to be sonorant consonants?
a. fricatives and affricates
b. stop-plosives
c. all voiced consonants
d. nasals, liquids, and glides

The vowel [i] is described phonetically as a
a. high-front vowel that is unrounded and lax
b. mid-front vowel that is unrounded and tense
c. high-front vowel that is unrounded and tense
d. high-back vowel that is unrounded and tense

The consonant [l] is described phonetically as a
a. voiced apico-alveolar lateral approximant
b. voiced coronal-alveolar glide
c. voiced predorsal-alveolar lateralapproximant
d. voiced postdorsal-velar lateral-approximant

A very young child says [ɡɑɡ] for dog. This
is which type of assimilation process? a. regressive phonemic assimilation b.
progressive phonemic assimilation c. regressive phonetic similitude d.
coalescence

A young child says [nɔI ni] for noisy. This is which
type of assimilation process?
a. progressive contact phonemic assimilation
b. regressive contact phonemic assimilation
c. progressive remote phonemic assimilation
d. progressive remote phonetic similitude